6/30/09

Love this new Snorkel line from Cosmo Cricket. It is a "must-have" for summer projects. The cardstock stickers are adorable and match perfectly with the designs of the papers. I used a couple fish cardstock stickers in the center of the oval. I distressed the papers a little with T!M Holtz inks (Frayed Burlap). Used blue dew drops for the bubbles above yellow fish (hard to see in picture). SU! ridinghood red, vintage violet, old olive cs used for card base.

I went on a small trip over the weekend and am still trying to recuperate. I visited the lovely city of Cincinnati, Ohio. My sister moved there 2 years ago and I had never made it down to visit until this past weekend. There were festivals, outdoor nighttime movies, carriage rides, canoing, and plenty of food vendors. The river area is beautiful and the various city parks are just lovely. We walked across the "Purple People Bridge" into Covington, Kentucky on Saturday to visit the Aquarium. The Aquarium was fabulous!

We ate at a delicious restaurant (BoneFish) on Friday night for my birthday. We celebrated my step-nephew's 6th birthdayon Saturday evening. Saw the 120+ year old house my BIL renivated and has for sale. I even stopped at IKEA on the way home. (one of my favorite stores).

6/24/09

I bought a Making Memories Shelf to store all my buttons and paints. The small glass containers are from IKEA and are sold as spice jars. They worked perfectly on this shelf to store all my solid color buttons. The large containers are Making Memories and are made to use on this shelf unit. I love that my buttons and paints are all visible and easily accessible.

I have done some major organization in my new stamping space. All my small do- dads and

embellishments (buttons, eyelets, brads, chipboard, hardware, pins) took me 14 hours to sort, categorize, label and put in their place. The embellishment cart (Alex) is from IKEA. The drawer dividers (IKEA)work great. I can take them out and to my work table whenever I need to. They will also work great when I have a class and need to pass the container for students to pick their embellishments.

Came across a thread in search of a designer for Jacksonbelle Embellishments at Jacksonbelle Embellishments through SCS. I decided to give it a try. I have always looked through Jacksonbelle's gallery on SCS and have enjoyed her stories about meeting Ol' Willie Nelson, the start of her online store, and just looking at her clever cards.

6/19/09

Went to my aunt Crystal's house (crystalkbk on scs) and stamped images from her stash for nearly 2 hours this afternoon. She has a little bit of everything- I mean "EVERYTHING" when it comes to stamp companies and styles. The companies among the ones I stamped are: HANNA STAMPS, BELLAS, TREEHOUSE STAMPS, THE GREETING FARM, CORNISH HERITAGE FARMS, MY FAVORITE THINGS, STAMPIN' UP!, HERO ARTS, INKADINKADO, ETC...

Played around with a RILEY from HANNA STAMPS this evening in between dinner, cleanup, baths. Colored 3 times before I was satisfied.

The cupcake on the ribbon is from a new SU! hostess level 3 set called THE MORE THE MERRIER. The verse is from a current SU! hostess level 3 set called GOODY GOODY GUMDROPS. Used SU! papers and cardstock (Bayou Blue, Ridinghood Red) Colored with both copics and prisma pencils. Blended with Gamsol. Both oval punches are SU!. Bayou stitched ribbon.

6/15/09

Made a birthday card for my oldest. She will be 15 on Wed. I hope she likes it. I know the image might be a little immature but, I thought it was adorable. She's played softball since she was 6 and thought this would be perfect. It is super hard to find softball themed stamps and scrapbook items. I've searched for years. Cricut makes some great female sports images. I cut some when I crop with friends (I use their machine and discs). I have a SLICE machine and unfortunately, their new sports disc does not contain any softball.

6/11/09

Happy Thursday Everyone! Its been gloomy with drizzly rain off and on all day today. Was going to take my girls to a local Flea Market but changed our minds when we heard today's forecast. I'm still waiting for the thunderstorms they called for.We probably could have went without problems.

I did sneak in some stamping time in between laundry, cleaning, cooking, vaccuuming, and helping my oldest fill out a job application. Wow, she is growing up fast. She will be 15 in less than a week. Where does time go?

6/9/09

Did another Mojo Monday sketch challenge this p.m. I love the Mojo Monday challenges. Wow- these colors are bizarre! Sage, tangerine, Pink, Lime. What do you think of these colors? Definately different (I don't think I would ever use them if I did not have this paper).

6/8/09

It came from http://iheart2stamp.com/2009/06/06/first-saturday-of-the-month-4/. My aunt (crystalkbk) came over and tried to get me in the stamping mood. Ever since my newly remodeled room has been complete I have had no desire or "mojo" to stamp or craft. I'm really trying to get into it again. Maybe with the new SU! catalog and some new stamp stuff coming soon I can "jump right in".

About Me

I have been hooked on anything made with paper since I was little. I always saved wrapping paper to collage or make origami figures. I attended my first Stampin' Up! home party in 1996 and I was addicted!
To this day, I love stamping, scrapbooking, cardmaking and anything else you can create with paper.
I use a variety of products and I do not have a distinct style. Stampin' Up! continues to be my favorite rubber stamp, cardstock, and ink company.